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Papilio nubilus

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Kingdom
  
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Papilionidae

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Species

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Papilio nubilus

Similar
  
Papilio sakontala, Papilio ptolychus, Papilio iswaroides, Papilio horribilis, Papilio fuelleborni

Papilio nubilus is a rare species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that can be found in Borneo.

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Previously listed as a distinct species ( D'Abrera 1982, Munroe 1961), but now regarded (by Collins & Morris 1985, Tsukada & Nishiyama 1982: 307) as an interspecific hybrid between Papilio nephelus and Papilio polytes.

Subspecies

  • Papilio nubilus nubilus (northern Borneo)
  • Papilio nubilus musianus Rothschild, 1899 (Upper Palembang district)
  • Taxonomy

    Papilio nubilus is a member of the helenus species-group. Other members of this clade are

  • Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio iswara White, 1842
  • Papilio iswaroides Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Papilio nephelus Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio nubilus Staudinger, 1895
  • Papilio sataspes C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • References

    Papilio nubilus Wikipedia


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